A comprehensive 3-hour tour of the Jewish heritage of Kiev will start, once you meet you guide at your hotel. It’s hard to overestimate the role of the Jewish community in the different spheres of the capital’s life throughout the centuries. The periods of restrictions and persecutions of Jews were replaced by the loyalty periods, and by the end of the 19th century, Jewish bankers and entrepreneurs, artists and engineers have made a great contribution into the development of the city. This tour gives you a possibility to look behind the curtain of the Jewish history, full of secrets and riddles. In the downtown, you will discover beautiful samples of fine mansions of 19-20 centuries, built for Jewish merchants and businessmen. In the Jewish quarter, you will visit the central Brodsky Choral Synagogue and learn its secrets. Then you will glance at the Bessarabsky indoor market, presented to the city by Lazar Brodsky more than 100 years ago. After that, your guide will show you the house, where the prime minister of Israel Golda Meir was born. Moreover, you will discover Sholem Aleichem Monument and find out interesting facts from his biography. This tour won’t be complete without uncovering the tragic pages of the history of Babi Yar, where over 150 000 Jews were killed during World War II. You will discover Memorials dedicated to the victims of that terrible massacre and your guide will tell you striking facts about it. You will get a complete picture of the history of the Jewish community in Kiev after this tour. In the end, your private driver will drop you off at your hotel.